Accession No
Z 3653
Description
Dish - Dish
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
Maudslay, Alfred Percival [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 3653; O.X.568.M; 47
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3653 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Dish, food, length 1'-10". A. P. Maudslay, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/47'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 568 M'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 3653 Dish, food, length 1'-10". A. P. Maudslay circa 1875. Show Case number 16'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/47'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 568 M.'
Catalogue card 3 reads: [handwritten in black pen:] 'Z 3653 FIJI. DISH, FOOD. 28 1/2 ". A. P. MAUDSLAY. 1875'. [handwritten in red pen:] 'DUPLICATE CARD ORIGINAL NOT FOUND 11-9-03'. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Dish
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.568.M.' inscribed in white ink inside the dish. '47' inscribed on the dish in orange crayon.
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Elongated leaf-shaped dish of wood. The lip has a serrated edge. On one side, the tip of the dish is perforated. A cord of plaited coir is inserted through the hole. The cord is untied and appears to have lost some of its length. The opposite tip is slightly chipped. The object has minor insect damage. Yellow/white accretions can be found all over the object. The bottom of the dish has a small patch of sticky residue.
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden
Conservation ()
CON.2013.44 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa
FM:109782
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